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Support Growing Room 2019: A Feminist Literary Festival
Room Sponsorship Package
About Room Magazine
Room (est. 1975) is Canada’s oldest feminist literary journal. Room showcases fiction, poetry, reviews,
artwork, and interviews by writers and artists who identify as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit,
or non-binary. Works that originally appeared in Room have been anthologized the Journey Prize Anthology,
Best Canadian Poetry, Best Canadian Essays, and Best Canadian Stories, and have been nominated for
National Magazine Awards in the fiction, poetry, and one-of-a-kind categories. Room is published by the
West Coast Feminist Literary Magazine Society, a collective of staff and volunteers based out of Vancouver.
many differences. Room is a
ke space for all women’s voices.
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Family
Secrets
Featuring:
New Fiction by
Maggie de Vries
An Interview with
Scaachi Koul
Growing Room 2019: A Feminist Literary Festival
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From March 8-17, 2019, the third annual Growing Room festival will present 75+ diverse women and
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poetry.”
m of One’s Own
genderqueer authors in 40+ events, attracting an expected 750+ unique readers, writers, activists,
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and publishing industry professionals for ten days of workshops, panels, and special events in various
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venues around Vancouver. The first two festivals attracted 500 unique attendees and 600 unique
attendees respectively, and averaged a total attendance of approximately 1,500. Room is committed to
$12 CAD / $10 USD inclusion and accessibility, and registration for panels and readings at the festival will be pay-what-you-
can or by-donation. Growing Room is a celebration, a protest, a reflection, a re-visioning, a gathering, a
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question, and a dream.
Praise for Growing Room
“The new guard of CanLit has arrived, and it is young, diverse, “I felt I’d come home. I finally found a Festival (conference)
wired—and passionately political.”—The Toronto Star where the presenters were talking about me. My issues, my
struggles. I will be back for sure.”
“I found the audiences at Growing Room to be some of the
most respectful I’ve ever been a part of, and it was beyond “I really loved it! . . . Loved how accessible it was to low income
wonderful to hear from panels of entirely women. I didn’t folks like myself, and how welcoming it was to people outside
realize how much I needed events like this until I was at one.” of the writing community.”
“I loved how accessible the events were and naturally the “So impressed with all the hard work that went into the
quality of the work was fantastic. The intersection of literature festival . . . I admire the Room Collective and the community
and feminism is such a pertinent and great space to be in.” you are helping to build in Vancouver. Thank you.”
“It was so stimulating, diverse and well organized— “LOVE THIS FESTIVAL. The people who run it seem amazing.
heartbreaking and heart warming.” Thank you!”
MAILING ADDRESS CONTACT
PO Box 46160, Station D publisher@roommagazine.com
Vancouver, BC V6J 5G5 www.roommagazine.com/festival
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Sponsorship Levels All sponsors and partners will
also be thanked on social media
Room Sponsorship Package
(Facebook and Twitter), and in an
e-newsletter about the festival.
$250+ (Seedling)
• Logo recognition in the program guide (2,500+ printed and distributed across the Lower Mainland in libraries and Blenz Coffee
shops), all festival marketing materials (in 2017 and 2018, this included 10 transit shelter ads across the City of Vancouver for four
weeks, an ad in The Georgia Straight, and 500 posters), and on roommagazine.com.
• One one-year subscription to Room magazine, for an individual or an organization.
• Two comp tickets to the Opening Night Party on March 8, 2019.
$500+ (Flower)
• One half-page ad in the festival program (2,500+ printed).
• Option to include promotional materials for your organization in the complimentary tote bags given to authors and volunteers.
• Logo recognition in the program guide, all festival marketing materials, and on roommagazine.com.
• One one-year subscription to Room magazine, for individuals or an organization.
• Two comp tickets to the Opening Night Party on March 8, 2019.
$750+ (Garden)
• One full-page ad in the festival program (2,500+ printed).
• Option to include promotional materials for your organization in the complimentary tote bags given to authors and volunteers.
• Logo recognition in the program guide, all festival marketing materials, and on roommagazine.com.
• Two one-year subscriptions to Room magazine and four comp tickets to the Opening Night Party on March 8, 2019.
$1,000+ (Meadow)
• One three-month web ad on roommagazine.com (scheduled according to availability)
• One full-page ad in the festival program (2,500+ printed).
• Option to include promotional materials for your organization in the complimentary tote bags given to authors and volunteers.
• Logo recognition in the program guide, all festival marketing materials, and on roommagazine.com.
• Three one-year subscriptions to Room magazine and six comp tickets to the Opening Night Party on March 8, 2019.
• Two free spots in Growing Room workshops of your choice (confirm ASAP as spots fill quickly).
$2,500+ (Forest)
• Verbal acknowledgement at the start of all festival events and presenting partner rights for a festival event of your choice.
• One full-page ad in an issue of Room.
• One six-month web ad on roommagazine.com (scheduled according to availability)
• One full-page ad in the festival program (2,500+ printed).
• Option to include promotional materials for your organization in the complimentary tote bags given to authors and volunteers.
• Logo recognition in the program guide, all festival marketing materials, and on roommagazine.com.
• Four one-year subscriptions to Room magazine and eight comp tickets to the Opening Night Party on March 8, 2019.
• Three free spots in Growing Room workshops of your choice (confirm ASAP as spots fill quickly).
MAILING ADDRESS CONTACT
PO Box 46160, Station D publisher@roommagazine.com
Vancouver, BC V6J 5G5 www.roommagazine.com/festival
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PRINT ADS—FESTIVAL PROGRAM GUIDE
FULL PAGE HALF PAGE
Size: 5” x 8” Size: 5” x 3.875”
Greyscale Greyscale
300 dpi or higher 300 dpi or higher
Accepted formats: TIF, EPS, PDF Accepted formats: TIF, EPS, PDF
Cost: $250 ($350 for back cover) Cost: $150
PRINT ADS—ROOM MAGAZINE
FULL PAGE HALF PAGE
Size: 4.5” x 7.5” Size: 4.5” x 3.625”
Greyscale Greyscale
300 dpi or higher 300 dpi or higher
Accepted formats: TIF, EPS, PDF Accepted formats: TIF, EPS, PDF
Cost: $350 ($500 for inside cover) Cost: $200
WEB & NEWSLETTER ADS
WEBSITE - FILE SPECIFICATIONS E-NEWSLETTER
Dimensions: 220 pixels x 250 pixels Email advertisement is available on a case-by-case
Maximum file size: 100kb basis, and is exclusive to literary content. If you are a
Maximum animation loops: 3 loops or 15 seconds sponsor and would like to discuss this option, please let
Accepted formats: JPG, PNG, GIF us know.
$175 for 3 months / $300 for 6 months
MAILING ADDRESS CONTACT
PO Box 46160, Station D publisher@roommagazine.com
Vancouver, BC V6J 5G5 www.roommagazine.com/festival
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Just The Numbers: Circulation & Statistics (May 2018)
Room Sponsorship Package
CIRCULATION ALSO AVAILABLE . . . NEWSLETTER
Print Run: 2,900+ per issue in 80 libraries in Canada & the US 2,250+ Subscribers
Circulation: 1,850+ per issue in bookstores in Canada & the US 40% Open Rate
digitally on Pressreader
SUBSCRIBERS: 1,650+ WEBSITE
Institutions: 5.0% SOCIAL MEDIA ~26,500 pageviews per month
Individual: 95.0% Twitter: 8,500+ Followers ~12,000 unique users per month
Canadian: 84.6% Facebook: 6,500+ Likes
International: 15.4% Instagram: 1,300+ followers
DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
Sources: Twitter Analytics, Facebook Analytics, Google Analytics (August 2017)
80% of Facebook fans, 84% of Twitter followers, and 74% of website visitors identify as women
54% of Facebook fans and 48.5% of website visitors are between the ages of 25-44
18.4% of website visitors, 21% of Twitter followers, and 15% of Facebook fans live in British Columbia
90% of Twitter followers show an interest in “Book news and general info”
75% of Twitter followers show an interest in “Non Fiction”, and 61% show interest in “Memoirs”
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2016 READER’S SURVEY
Total Number of Readers in Sample: N=246 / Total Number of Subscribers in Sample (S=139)
15.4% of Room readers identify as students.
92% of subscribers and 94% of Room readers identify as a feminist.
80.5% of readers say that the fact that Room is “by and about women” is important to them.
68.7% of readers say that one of the main reasons they read Room is to “support women’s literature”.
46% of readers who owned at least one copy of Room (N=211) say that multiple people read their issues.
70% of subscribers said they planned on renewing their subscription to Room.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2018 GROWING ROOM AUDIENCE SURVEY
Total Number of Attendees in Sample: N=91
88% of attendees reported that they saw themselves and their experiences represented on stage
85% of attendees reported that they were more likely to buy a book by a Growing Room author
42% of attendees who visited a sales table bought a book by a Growing Room author
66% of attendees reported that they were more likely to attend another literary events in Vancouver
74% of attendees said they attended Growing Room to support / discover feminist literature
54% of attendees reported that one of the reasons they attended was the pay-what-you-can model
86% of attendees were local to Metro Vancouver (14% were tourists)
MAILING ADDRESS CONTACT
PO Box 46160, Station D publisher@roommagazine.com
Vancouver, BC V6J 5G5 www.roommagazine.com/festival
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